Based on arrests...rare participant who's over the age of 25--or even 19
So... Only young and stupid ones get caught? Maybe when girlfriend is around, crackers become more careful, responsible, and precise and manage to stay out of trouble!
Mountain Lion kernel is 64-bit only, and requires 64-bit EFI firmware. Older systems have 32-bit EFI. Unofficial Chameleon EFI emulator can run 64-bit EFI on some older systems.
>It would explain the relatively small proportion of the population that atheism makes up, as well as why that small proportion is spread throughout the world with no great central region to call home.
Communists are, technically, atheists. China is a big region. Surely, atheists can call it home.
> It would explain the relatively small proportion of the population that atheism makes up, as well as why that small proportion is spread throughout the world with no great central region to call home.
Communists are, technically, atheists. China is a big region. Would you like to call it home?
This is second successful trial of autonomous vehicles in traffic we've heard about (the first is Google). It's clear that technology is viable. It's clear what benefits it will give.
The arguments against this technology remind me the early days of the Web: it was widely believed by skeptics that no one will ever use the Web for commerce because (1) there's no framework for financial responsibility, (2) internet backbone is closed for commercial traffic, and (3) there is no accepted technical solution for HTTP encryption, and encryption packages are considered controlled technology by US government and are prohibited to be freely distributed. All these objections were solved or waived in a couple of years.
None of the described future attacks are feasible. Shared framebuffer is not accessible to applications directly for security reasons (authors think that this is "unfortunate"); direct access to framebuffer is not "inevitable" in the future -- much better technique is to use driver-controlled fast GPU blits: data doesn't leave GPU. Non-timesharing is non-issue -- driver can detect timeouts and reset hardware (TDR on Vista).
So the only issue is polymorphic virus that may use GPGPU decryption. If this happens, scanners will start using CUDA, or GPU virtualization.
Many (all?) modern GPUs have virtual addressing with page protection. Switching is handled by kernel mode driver (we are talking Vista+) and is not controllable from user space. Now we are talking KMD attack which is not different in principle from any Ring 0 driver code attack. Good luck!
Behind Cisco campus in San Jose, there is a very nice trail running by a creek. This trail runs next to VTA bus depot that has a hydrogen fuelling station.
This trail has HUGE signs saying (someting like) HYDROGEN FUELING STATION - RUN AWAY IF ALARM ACTIVATED
BESM-4 manuals (pdf):
Manual chapter: external devices code table is on PDF page 13
Machine command poster Printer self-test output is at the top of page 2
BESM-4 is M-220 and M-20 compatible. M-20 was released to production in 1958.
Extra extra: the reason 32-bit XP-SP2|Vista limit address space to 4GB (that is, PCI space combined with memory) is because they don't trust driver writers to do the right thing when DMA buffers straddle 4G boundary.
Windows/3GB switch controls amount of virtual memory available to a process. Not physical. Virtual. The rest of virtual memory space goes to OS. Low memory (2 or 3 GB) is user process visible (ring3) memory. The upper 2 or 1 GB are ring0 memory. No need to change memory mapping (no need to flush TLB) on a simple syscall that goes back to the same process. Linux does the same thing. [OSX prefers to give userland 4GB virtual memory]
The fact you need/3GB switch illustrates that there are applications that need more than 2GB of virtual space per process. What if you run a number of these apps? Does 4GB look like a lot of memory now?
In fact, Crysis on 64bit Vista with very high settings and res can start swapping to disk because it outgrows 4GB. This is a single app plus graphics drivers.
And, the #1 reason to have virtual memory: memory-mapped files.
GeForce2 MX400 is not being sold? Really? Let me check newegg... Here it is, $38.99
Of course, nobody in their right mind will buy it for their new computer, or their home rig. I wonder who buys it? Highly-regulated IT stuck with a boatload of old hardware?
For example, Muntz would advertise a particular car with a special price as the "special of the day" - a car that had to sell that day. If the car was not sold by the end of the day, Muntz vowed to smash it to bits with a sledge-hammer, personally, on camera. Needless to say, with tricks like that he was able to generate a lot of publicity and interest, and sell a lot of old cars, too.
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I simply must add that conservatives learn from the past. Progressives learn from the future. Imaginary future.
Based on arrests...rare participant who's over the age of 25--or even 19
So... Only young and stupid ones get caught?
Maybe when girlfriend is around, crackers become more careful, responsible, and precise and manage to stay out of trouble!
Mountain Lion kernel is 64-bit only, and requires 64-bit EFI firmware. Older systems have 32-bit EFI. Unofficial Chameleon EFI emulator can run 64-bit EFI on some older systems.
> It would explain the relatively small proportion of the population that atheism makes up, as well as why that small proportion is spread throughout the world with no great central region to call home.
Communists are, technically, atheists. China is a big region. Surely, atheists can call it home.
> It would explain the relatively small proportion of the population that atheism makes up, as well as why that small proportion is spread throughout the world with no great central region to call home. Communists are, technically, atheists. China is a big region. Would you like to call it home?
US can learn to go to war less. Can the rest of the world learn to go to war more?
Italic is not working?
Shift-Ctrl-Alt pedals were sold by Fry's Electronics in mid-90s, website is still up: http://www.bilbo.com/
This is second successful trial of autonomous vehicles in traffic we've heard about (the first is Google). It's clear that technology is viable. It's clear what benefits it will give.
The arguments against this technology remind me the early days of the Web: it was widely believed by skeptics that no one will ever use the Web for commerce because (1) there's no framework for financial responsibility, (2) internet backbone is closed for commercial traffic, and (3) there is no accepted technical solution for HTTP encryption, and encryption packages are considered controlled technology by US government and are prohibited to be freely distributed. All these objections were solved or waived in a couple of years.
Intel announced Knights Corner, a 50-core x86 processor.
None of the described future attacks are feasible. Shared framebuffer is not accessible to applications directly for security reasons (authors think that this is "unfortunate"); direct access to framebuffer is not "inevitable" in the future -- much better technique is to use driver-controlled fast GPU blits: data doesn't leave GPU. Non-timesharing is non-issue -- driver can detect timeouts and reset hardware (TDR on Vista).
So the only issue is polymorphic virus that may use GPGPU decryption. If this happens, scanners will start using CUDA, or GPU virtualization.
Many (all?) modern GPUs have virtual addressing with page protection. Switching is handled by kernel mode driver (we are talking Vista+) and is not controllable from user space. Now we are talking KMD attack which is not different in principle from any Ring 0 driver code attack. Good luck!
Signs are placed ~200m away from the hydrogen station. Most people would come closer and take a look.
Behind Cisco campus in San Jose, there is a very nice trail running by a creek. This trail runs next to VTA bus depot that has a hydrogen fuelling station.
This trail has HUGE signs saying (someting like) HYDROGEN FUELING STATION - RUN AWAY IF ALARM ACTIVATED
The first civilization to codify its laws was ancient Babylon.
C:\Program Files\Common Files\McAfee\Engine\avv*.dat
Nuff said
BESM-4 manuals (pdf):
Manual chapter: external devices code table is on PDF page 13
Machine command poster Printer self-test output is at the top of page 2
BESM-4 is M-220 and M-20 compatible. M-20 was released to production in 1958.
Extra extra: the reason 32-bit XP-SP2|Vista limit address space to 4GB (that is, PCI space combined with memory) is because they don't trust driver writers to do the right thing when DMA buffers straddle 4G boundary.
Who modded parent up? Totally misleading.
Windows /3GB switch controls amount of virtual memory available to a process. Not physical. Virtual. The rest of virtual memory space goes to OS. Low memory (2 or 3 GB) is user process visible (ring3) memory. The upper 2 or 1 GB are ring0 memory. No need to change memory mapping (no need to flush TLB) on a simple syscall that goes back to the same process. Linux does the same thing. [OSX prefers to give userland 4GB virtual memory]
The fact you need /3GB switch illustrates that there are applications that need more than 2GB of virtual space per process. What if you run a number of these apps? Does 4GB look like a lot of memory now?
In fact, Crysis on 64bit Vista with very high settings and res can start swapping to disk because it outgrows 4GB. This is a single app plus graphics drivers.
And, the #1 reason to have virtual memory: memory-mapped files.
Looks a lot like Spiral without wings (or Spiral with wings folded during reentry)
> What is a GT/s? (Honest question, looking for an honest answer.)
On Nehalem, bus is 20 bits wide. 1 GT/s = 20 * 10^9 bits/s = 2.5 * 10^9 bytes/s in one direction (link is bi-directional)
"Disk go in here? Disk play." Wait 7 minutes for DRM to initialize. Where's my damn movie?!!
Yes, I own one of them.
Of course, nobody in their right mind will buy it for their new computer, or their home rig. I wonder who buys it? Highly-regulated IT stuck with a boatload of old hardware?
> ... We need to pass strict legislation to regulate ...
Forget it. This time I'm gonna walk.
Reminds me of Earl Muntz of "muntzing" fame.
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http://www.national.com/rap/Story/0,1562,17,00.ht
For example, Muntz would advertise a particular car with a special price as the "special of the day" - a car that had to sell that day. If the car was not sold by the end of the day, Muntz vowed to smash it to bits with a sledge-hammer, personally, on camera. Needless to say, with tricks like that he was able to generate a lot of publicity and interest, and sell a lot of old cars, too.